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Summit stewards protect fragile alpine environments Program preserving plants for 30 years By Laura Achouatte STA FF W RITER
LAKE PLACID | The year 2019 is a big year for the Summit Stewardship Program. Headquartered from the Adirondack Loj in Lake Placid, the Heart Lake information and education center is an extension of the ADK Mountain Club, and hosts the Summit Steward Program that focuses on peaks such as Marcy, Algonquin, Wright and Colden mountains. It’s the 30th anniversary of the High Peaks’ alpine restoration and re-vegetation program that began with the field studies and efforts to preserve alpine plant species of Dr. Edwin Ketchledge, professor of forest botany at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. It became apparent that rare alpine plant species, found at the top of a portion of the High Peaks, were being lost to trampling and camping by hikers. What the summit stewards have accomplished and continue to monitor is re-vegetation and rejuvenation of this delicate ecosystem. “We have seen tremendous regrowth since the ‘60s and ‘70s from the damage that occurred,” Chief Steward Kayla White said. “That tells us that educating the hikers, research and what we are doing is definitely making a difference.” See SUMMIT STEWARDS » pg. 2
Kayla White, chief steward of the Summit Steward Program, speaks with hikers as part of the day’s routine to educate as many people as possible about the use of the rock walk and alpine plants, and “Leave No Trace.” Photo by Seth Jones
BEYOND PLASTIC
Judith Enck seeks grassroots effort to end ocean contamination
quantity of use-and-pitch plastics that end up in the oceans is escalating precipitously. Each year, 8.8 million tons of plastics wind up in the sea, and at the current pace, there will be one pound of plastic in the ocean for every three pounds of fish by 2025. By 2050, the ratio will be 1:1.
‘LANDFILLS’
By Tim Rowland STA FF W RITER
LAKE PLACID | Having given up on the federal government’s ability to accomplish much of anything these days, Judith Enck, a former regional EPA administrator, is counting on local boards and civic groups to apply bottom-up pressure to decouple Americans from habitual use of cheap plastics that are ending up in the oceans and are contaminating our food supply. Taking microphones anywhere she can find them, Enck says that the
“We’re turning our oceans into landfills,” Enck told a large gathering recently sponsored by the Adirondack Garden Club and the Garden Club of Lake Placid. A senior fellow at Bennington College in Vermont, who is also rallying students to the cause, Enck has concluded that the fight against plastic bags, drinking straws and takeout food containers must primarily be waged at the local level. It’s the same formula used in 1982 when grassroots support was key to passage of the state’s bottle deposit bill.
Pharmacist to invest in Willsboro
Most people are aware that plastics in the oceans are an issue, but they do not know the scope, nor do they know what they can do about it, Enck said. When she asks the wait staff at a restaurant to hold the straws, she said she’s usually greeted either with borderline hostility or else a faint glimmer of recognition and the inquiry. “Is this about that turtle?” — a reference to a viral video of a sea turtle with a straw embedded in a nostril. Plastic in the ocean does not disappear, Enck said, but it does deteriorate into shreds that are ingested by fish and seabirds. That plastic can wind up in the fish that we eat, and can kill fledglings that are fed colorful pieces of plastic by their parents, who mistake them for shrimp.
Marin Bosotina has 90 acres on Industrial Lane By Laura Achouatte STA FF W RITER
WILLSBORO | There is a new plan for a hopeful horizon for Willsboro. A Croatian pharmacist has decided to invest in the town and has begun the motions for a new start. His hopes are to “bring life” to a town that has been losing younger populations, as many Adirondack towns have been facing over the years. Marin Bosotina — a pharmacist turned entrepreneur, and a vice president of a chamber of commerce in Croatia, and founder and co-founder of several other entities in Mexico, Germany, Switzerland and Croatia — has bought an estimated 90-acre lot for around $50,000 that sits on Industrial Lane in the Town of Willsboro. On July 24, a press conference for his vision and plans was presented at the Willsborough Visitors Center and sponsored by the Willsboro Development Corporation headed, in part, by former Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward.
See PLASTIC » pg. 2
See BOSOTINA » pg. 3
‘Rome Undammed’ images in Au Sable
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Stephen Longmire presents works of dam’s deconstruction By Laura Achouatte STA FF W RITER
AU SABLE FORKS | Wine and cheese provided a fine way to enjoy photographs of the deconstruction of the Rome Dam as part of a presentation at the Tahawus Center in Au Sable Forks July 25.
Visitors of the new gallery showing, “Rome Undammed,” by Stephen Longmire, an Upper Jay resident, take in the history recorded of a longstanding relic that was deconstructed in 2018. Photo by Laura Achouatte
A delightful musical revue that includes a long list of 50s favorites in tight harmony, FOREVER PLAID tells the tale of four childhood friends who, after paying their dues performing at weddings and anniversaries, have an opportunity to do a real gig.
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